Brian Kocourek stood on a fairway in St. Maarten with a problem on his hands. It wasn’t a matter of getting up and down from a trap or reaching the green through fierce Caribbean crosswinds. The problem was, quite literally, on his hands. “It was so hot and humid. I couldn’t grip the club,” Kocourek […]
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[NOTE: Spy Ring GC is now open. Read more about the course in the Spy Ring flyover.] The wait is nearly over. The slow and steady rollout of Spy Ring Golf Club, the first non-executive public golf course built on Long Island in nearly two decades, is moving ahead toward launch. Spy Ring will make
Spring Lake's junior golf special is back for another summer. On Wednesdays and Thursdays through the end of August, Long Island kids under the age of 14 play a free round with each paying adult. The special covers nine holes on Spring Lake's Sandpiper Course, home to the facility's namesake lake and signature hole. Book
Finally, The Rock has come back to Wading River. Excuse the early-2000s wrestling reference, but it works. The Rock Golf Club, the rebranded and rejuvenated course formerly known as Great Rock, will reopen for play this Friday, July 1, after nearly three years out of Long Island's golf rotation. The course will be open to
[NOTE: Spy Ring GC is now open. Read more about the course in the Spy Ring flyover.] Looking out from a flat, elevated square marked with dusty footprints, Jimmi Conway points toward a slender oasis in an expanse of tire-tracked sand, the pings of a bustling construction site echoing in the background. Four bunkers stand
Riverhead-area golfers can roll out of bed and onto the tee at Cherry Creek this Thanksgiving morning, with a shotgun start planned bright and early next week. Cherry Creek's annual Turkey Shootout will begin at 8:00 a.m. next Thursday, November 26 on the Links Course, home of Long Island's only par-6. The outing includes hot
Street names can give clues about a community’s past. That’s especially true with golf courses. When Long Island streets are tagged with golf-related terms, it often means that buried beneath sidewalks and front lawns are the remains of a long-forgotten (or fondly remembered) course. This series of posts will look back at courses that have been gone
After abruptly ending its 2019 playing season last October, Great Rock Golf Club spent the rest of the fall e-mailing and posting "See You Next Year!" messages to Long Island golfers, a cheery and optimistic retreat from a season littered with tales of weedy bunkers, scorched greens and barren facilities. Now, next year is here,
By the end of this week all but a tiny handful of Long Island's public golf courses will be open for play with a variety of social-distancing measures in place. This Friday, May 1, Island's End Golf Course in Greenport and the Town of Huntington municipal courses at Crab Meadow and Dix Hills Park will